{"title":"Fiction - World Literature - Korea","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"we-do-not-part-9780593595459","title":"We Do Not Part","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - THE NEW NOVEL FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.\"--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHan Kang's most revelatory book since \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/i\u003e--and her first published in English since winning the Nobel Prize\u003ci\u003e--We Do Not Part\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] masterpiece.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A haunting exploration of friendship amid historical trauma.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. 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Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable pain--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Han Kang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.87w x 1.08d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593595459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2024 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2024 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHan Kang \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1970 in South Korea. 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